Religious Notes

Friday

Feb 8, 2013 at 4:18 PM

The Religious Notes column is published every Saturday to highlight special religious services (fundraisers go in the Calendar). E-mail information to living@the-dispatch.com, bring in printed information to 30 E. First Ave. or mail it to The Dispatch, P.O. Box 908, Lexington, 27293. Notes must be submitted by noon Wednesday to run the following Saturday. Notes will run no more than two times prior to the event.

The Religious Notes column is published every Saturday to highlight special religious services (fundraisers go in the Calendar). E-mail information to living@the-dispatch.com, bring in printed information to 30 E. First Ave. or mail it to The Dispatch, P.O. Box 908, Lexington, 27293. Notes must be submitted by noon Wednesday to run the following Saturday. Notes will run no more than two times prior to the event.Faith BaptistThe church, Shiptontown Road, Denton, will host a speaker at 6 p.m. Sunday. David Zauber of Atlanta, Ga., will focus on "Christ in the Passover."First United MethodistThe church, 400 S. Main St., will host The Greater Lexington Area Ministers Association noontime services during the season of Lent. The services last 30 minutes and are followed by a catered meal. Pastors from different denominations lead the services each week: Wednesday, Lutherans; Feb. 20, Episcopalians/Catholics; Feb. 27, Presbyterians/Salvation Army; March 6, UCC/Hospice; March 13, Baptists; March 20, Methodists. The cost is $6 for lunch. For more information, contact Pastor Lee Zehmer at First Presbyterian Church at 248-2140.Goodwill Baptist The church, 541 Goodwill Road, Arcadia, will host The Elisha Movement Leadership Conference 2013 at 7 p.m. Feb. 22 and from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 23. Pastor Cheryl Moore from Zion Temple in Durham will minister Friday night. Saturday's conference main speakers will be Bishop James C. Hash from St. Peter's World Outreach and Dr. Sir Walter Mack Jr. from Union Baptist Church. A continental breakfast and lunch will be served. The registration fee is $20. For more information, contact 422-7596 or awcoleman65@gmail.com.@Headline Obits:Heath ChurchThe church, 1375 Heath Church Road, will have a concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 15. Singer, songwriter and ventriloquist Brent Vernon and his puppet, "Sam," from south Florida, will be the special guest.Lexington Deliverance TabernacleThe church, 912 Dixie St., will host Women in Red at 4 p.m. Feb. 17. Elder Christine Michael, a member of Citadel of Faith Christian Fellowship of Thomasville, will give a program on divine inspiration ministry.Meadowview PresbyterianThe church's annual congregational meeting will be at 6 p.m. Feb. 17. A meal will be served at 5 p.m. New ZionThe church will host its annual youth revival beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday. The guest evangelist for the afternoon service will be the Rev. Shannon Jessup, pastor of Second New Bethel Baptist Church, Winston-Salem. The revival will continue Monday through Wednesday beginning nightly at 7 with the Rev. Lamont Johnson of Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Rockingham.Piedmont CrossingPiedmont Crossing will host an upcoming series that will center on the theme of Lent. Sessions will be held on the campus of the retirement community every at noon every Wednesday beginning Feb. 13 and ending March 27. The Rev. Dr. Roland Cavanaugh, director of spiritual life at Piedmont Crossing, will lead the seven-week series that will focus on the principal themes of Lent. Cavanaugh will discuss the biblical history relating to the 40-day Lenten season and explain why Christians around the world observe the time of preparation before Easter to pray, fast and give service to the community.The Pentecostal Church of the Living GodThe church, 1214 S. Salisbury St., with have a singing with James and Starla Dean at 7 p.m. Feb. 23.@Headline Obits:The True Church of GodThe church, 7274 Wright Road, Thomasville, will have a singing at 7 p.m. Saturday. Special guests will be God's Grace Singers.